Finally got around to fitting them and to behonest quite easy

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piccy2

Not to bad considering the corosion on the nearside one

Ben

I'm sorry mate, but why do you remove these badges but leave the pininfarina badges on the rear quarters and dashboard?

I,ve seen it on another coupe and imho i thought it looked good

Ben

Nice job what did you paint it with? the finnish looks very close to the standard mat ish black?

Well keeping the other badges also means they say pininfarina, not 20v turbo, pininfarina is the styling not the engine spec, so i dont see what the problem is with doing it.

I used Hamerite spray paint, satin black smooth

It is actually a little shiney , but it does'nt help with the coupe being soo dirty

Ben

you could remove it off your posts ...

I'm really not sure what the point of removing these is but hey ho . . .

can you sort out the garage door in the first picture

Imo it cleans up the window line

Ben

I agree.

And the badges themselves are corny/ cheap looking.

I was in half a mind to do the same thing when I had mine re-sprayed. But some how felt it might look too plain without. Looking at that job though, I wish I'd done it.

Ah well.

Oh, and take no notice of the purists on here. Some of the chaps on here would have your head off for even suggesting to change the standard tyres to another brand...

Incidentally, have you any plans to remove the other badges?

Bloody right. Pirellis only. Anything else is a chav mod

I dont think i'll remove the other badges

Does anyone remember Markus's black nero coupe, i think that was completly debaged

Ben

this isn't for me. I like the fact that when i pass someone they know what engine i've got.
Either way they look nice with the yellow just not for me with my ink black.

Thinking about it i like the way they have come up, perhaps a re-furb of mine would do the trick. remove the badge, paint and re-fit the badge hmmmm...

looks good with / without IMHO.

Mine were accidentally removed about 6 years ago when using a chamois to dry the car ! caught one of the legs, so bent it, tried to straighten it, got angry, then the lot came off & in the bin

Ben

Was thinking about doing this - I have a spare set of b pillars just in case.

I like what you've done with the pillars, what did you plug the holes with? Fibreglass or braised?

I just used some Davids isopon filler i had

It's only a few holes,
but i took my time and sanded and primed them a few times for a good finish

I'll try and take a better pic of the car sometime this week

Ben

pic of car at the south wales meet

Ben

didnt see the point of doing it but i think it does look really great in that pic!

As said eailer in the thread

It clean's up the window line

Ben

why are the cars parked in a field?

Explains it's self really

But for you it was taken yesterday after a run on the south wales meet, where we parked up for a quick drink and chat.

Ben

oh right, i see.. its abit odd meeting up in fields.

If you must, please comment on the sw meet thread

Ben